Improved flexible-back brush



J. J. ADAMS. MANUFACTURE OF FLEXIBLE BAGK BRUSHES.

No. 32,552. Patented June 18, 1861.

iuucnt PATENT JOHN .I.ADA1\IS,OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPRQVED FLEXlBLE-BACQK BRUSH.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 32,552, dated June 18, 1861.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'JOHN J. ADAMS, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Manufacturing, Flexible-Back Brushes for Cleaning and Dusting Horses and other Animals; and I do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the following specification, and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a top view, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section, of my improved brush.

The nature of my invention consists in an improved flexible brush having its body made of leather and constructed in two parts, the entire series or rows of bristles,- except the outer one, being drawn by means of wire into the body of the brush, the cover or top plate being next cemented to the body, and, finally, thelast row of bristles 1 1 inserted and drawn into the'body of the brush by, means of a wire passing through the whole of the leather part of the brush. This mode of applying and fastening the last row of bristles enables me to dispense entirely with the line .of stitching (required by the old method) to be made entirely around the edge. of the back of thebrush. V

In the drawings, A denotes the back or body of the brush, the same consisting of the two portions a b, a, being what maybe termed the main body of the brush, while b may be called the cover or hand-plate.

In constructing my said brush 1 usually form the body part athereof of two or more platesofleather and-unite them together by means of any suitable cement. In the lower suri'ae of the said body I punch or otherwise make any required nnmber of rows of holes for the reception of small bunches of bristles. After these bristles have been assorted and arranged they are doubled together, and next a wire having one end secured to the brush is doubled and passed from the top surface of the body of the brush down through a hole formed in such body and into the loop formed by doubling the bristles together. The bunch of bristles is next drawn up tightly into the hole or cavity formed'to receive them. The wire is next carried down through another hole, and this operation is. repeated until all the cavities except. the outside row are filled V with bristles andproperly aiiixed in the body of the brush. Next the cover or hand-plate is to be cemented to the body part, and a series of holes is to be made for the receptionof the outer row of bristles. Finally,

by means of a wire passing down through the leather portion of the brush and through the several bunches of bristles to be inserted in the said cavities successively, the said bristles will be properly drawn into their places in the body of the brush. By passing the said wire down through tithe series of-holes and through the bristles, as beforementioned,

the two partsof the brush will be firmly united by the line of wire,the' saine being as shown in the drawin-gs. V

C is the strap or band usually applied to a hostlers brush for the purpose of enabling himto maintain the brush in its proper position while in'use. Thus it will be seen that i r I not only dispense with the line-of sewing usually required to be made through the whole thickness of the leather back' and around the edge of the brush, thereby lessening the cost of construction-of the brush,

but I produce a brush of greater bed 111 33 and one that is less liable to injure a persons hand while using the same. I do not claim making a portion of the brush by means of 'a cord or wire, then cementing the hand-plate or top to the body portion, and afteward securing the whole leather portion together by means of a line of sewing extending around th outeredge of the brush. V I claim- My improved mode of constructing aleather flexible brush, the same consisting in scour;

ing allthe rows of bristles; except the enter one, in the body of the brush, as setiforth, then cementing the cover or upper plate to the body,and finally securing the outer row of bristles and'the leather portion of the brush at the same time by a single line of wire, as specified. i V

, J. 'J. ADAMS.

Witnesses: 7

R. H. EDDY,

F. P, HALE, Jr.

flexible brush of twp or' more layers of leather and securing. allthe rows of .bristle's in the body or lower 

